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Legislative elections: State Duma, 4-year term, 7% threshold, party-list proportional representation system (2007)
           · President: Dmitry Medvedev · Prime Minister: Vladimir Putin (ER) · Government: ER

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2007 Seats 2003 Seats
Edinaja Rossija (ER)
United Russia
Centrism; Conservatism, Statism
 
-
2001
64,3% 315 37,6% 222
Kommunističeskaja Partija Rossijskoj Federacii (KPRF)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communism; Marxism-Leninism, Left-wing nationalism SKP-KPSS
1993
(pred. 1903)
11,6% 57 12,6% 52
Liberal'no-Demokratičeskaja Partija Rossii (LDPR)
Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia
Nationalism; Radical right
 
-
1989
8,1% 40  11,5% 36
Spravedlivaja Rossija (SR)
Just Russia
(2003: RODINA + RPP-PSS + PVR-RPZ + NPRF)
Social democracy
 
SIo
2006
7,7% 38 15,2% 57
Agrarnaja Partija Rossii (APR)
Agrarian Party of Russia
(merged into ER in 2008)
Agrarianism; Socialism
 
-
1993
2,3% - 3,6% 2
Rossijskaja Ob'edinennaja Demokratičeskaja Partija (JABLOKO)
Russian United Democratic Party
Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1993
 1,6% - 4,3% 4
Sojuz Pravych Sil (SPS)
Union of Rightist Forces
(merged into Right Cause in 2008)
Liberal conservatism; Economic liberalism  IDU
1999
1,0% - 4,0% 3
Independents - - - - - 68
Others - - 3,4% -  11,2% 6
Total - - - 450 - 450
Turnout - - 63,8% 55,8%

 © 2008 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Election Commission (http://www.cikrf.ru). Archive: Elections 1993-1999.